Re: [Nbd] [RESEND][PATCH 0/5] nbd improvements
- To: Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...>, Alex Bligh <alex@...872...>
- Cc: "nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net" <nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net>, linux-block@...25..., Josef Bacik <jbacik@...2204...>, "linux-kernel@...25..." <linux-kernel@...25...>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...1270...>, mpa@...1897..., kernel-team@...2204...
- Subject: Re: [Nbd] [RESEND][PATCH 0/5] nbd improvements
- From: Eric Blake <eblake@...696...>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:02:19 -0500
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On 09/15/2016 11:27 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 05:08:21PM +0100, Alex Bligh wrote:
>> Wouter,
>>
>>> The server can always refuse to allow multiple connections.
>>
>> Sure, but it would be neater to warn the client of that at negotiation
>> stage (it would only be one flag, e.g. 'multiple connections
>> unsafe').
>
> I suppose that's not a bad idea.
Seems like it may need to be a per-export flag, rather than a global
flag (as a given server may be able to serve multiple types of files,
where the safety depends on the type of file being served).
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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